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Kelly Green Dresser For Sale

Hello friends! I just wanted to quickly share the before and after pictures of a Kelly Green dresser that we just finished. It’s St. Patrick’s day this month so OF COURSE we had to help them out with a Kelly Green dresser for their window display.  You can see more of our available piece on our Furniture for Sale page.

Here’s the before picture of the dresser :

We primed this piece and then hand painted it with Kelly Green paint made into chalk paint. If you want to see how we painted the Kelly Green Dresser check out this link: How To Kelly Green 

We also bought new knobs for the bottom from Hobby Lobby. Are you ready for the after pictures??

And a close up of the knobs! ;)

To check the sizes and to see if this piece is still available for sale, please see our Furniture For Sale page.  Stop down to see Petra’s amazing window display and to see this beauty in person this Friday night (February 22nd) for Troy’s Night Out! The shop will be open until 9:00pm that night.

Happy Redesigns Everyone,

Sarah

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Pink Dresser for a Baby Princess – Tuesday’s Treasures

To continue this month of love in the most appropriate color possible, I’m here to share the best little love story. If you’re anything like me, falling in love with my husband slowly grew from friendship to attraction and admiration and then to the deepest forever love. That’s the kind of love we usually celebrate on Valentine’s Day.  But if  you’re reading this and are a mom, you will understand the love that you feel in your heart when you hold your baby for the first time. It’s a protective, perfect, overflowing love that is unbreakable and knows no boundaries. Well, little miss Dylan Rose came into this world healthy and as beautiful as can be 5 WEEKS early. Congratulations Taryn and Kevin on your amazing miracle!!

We thought we would be safe getting this dresser done 1 month early. Little did we know… ! How it all started? Taryn emailed me to ask me if we could repaint this dresser for her soon to be arriving baby girl’s room.

Even though these aren’t antiques or solid wood, the design and detailing of the pieces made them definitely worth saving. When we went to pick them up, we went back and forth on a couple different colors. For me, at the first picture, I SO wanted Taryn to pick pink. In the end, they let me go with my gut and I couldn’t be happier with how it came out.

The paint is Benjamin Moore’s Pink Cadillac 2002-70 color. After it was painted, I glazed with with a silver glazing from Martha Stewart. Are you as excited about the after pictures as I am??

And a close up for a better shot of the color.

Happy Redesigns Everyone,
Sarah

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Rosy Pink to Rich Red Dresser – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi! We’re into February… ahh! Where did January go? Well, what better way to start the month of love then with a pink dresser turned red!! Jamie had ordered a couple of pieces from us towards the end of last year. She’s one of those people who I hit it off with right away.  I had my kids with me the day I delivered a piece to her house and met her for the first time. I had a long day ahead of me, full of client meetings and visits with friends. Jamie was the first stop that morning and my kiddos were filled will glee when they found out Jamie had kids and TOYS. They quickly went downstairs with Jamie’s 2 year old son and played with legos and dinos. Jamie and I hit it off and chatted for a while. Well, it was time to meet the next client so I went downstairs to get the little monkeys. When I turned the corner to find my Sweetie buck naked from the waist down, I didn’t know whether to start laughing or try not to cry out of sheer embarrassment. Then to hear her say, “Momma, I peed my pants so I just took them off!”.  Oh man… not the mother of the year moment for sure. To make things worse, I had a full day planned and was a good 30 minutes from home with no spare clothes. My kids don’t pee their paints anymore, or so I thought. ;) Not only did my daughter parade her nakedness, she had also left her peed on pants on Jamie’s carpet. What to do?? I really had to leave, I was late for my next appointment and I had NO time to go buy clothes or clean a carpet!  What were my options, take her in her soaking clothes to the nearest Target or could I actually ask Jamie, someone I had just met, “can I borrow a pair of your son’s pants?”. And that is what I did!  That question was humbling I tell you; very humbling.  Jamie was WAY more than gracious and understanding. She was kind as could be, cared less about the carpet, and found the most girly boy pants she could for my little Sweetie. I knew that day that there was something special about Jamie and she was someone I wanted to be friends with.   I am so thankful for her friendship since that first day. She is kind and strong and thoughtful. I have been so blessed by her already! Hugs ;)

Too sappy? You’ll have to deal with it. I’m one of those. lol Anyway, she asked me to find a dresser for her son’s room. She wanted it to have some nice lines and character and definitely an antique. We found this when going to look at a different dresser in downtown Troy. I had to get beyond the pink color to decide if we could make this manly enough for Jackson’s sports room. I think we did!

Can it be done?? We sanded it down, primed and painted it with Benjamin’s Moore’s new red called Caliente AF-290. I’m in love with this red. So amazing!! Then it was distressed, glazed and sealed for protection. Here’s the after for you.

Happy Redesigns Everyone,
Sarah

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Delicious Brown and Teal Dresser Set – Tuesday’s Treasures

Happy Tuesday’s Treasures!! I hope you all stayed warm and out of the gelid weather last week. My only crazy moment was trying to sand down an old table top in our unheated barn on the day that only reached 6 degrees for the high. After45 minutes, when I could no longer feel my hands, I decided to give it up. Why didn’t I start the wood stove?? Why oh why? lol

Boy oh boy am I excited to share this one with you. I bought this dresser set last summer and wanted to refinish it to put on the for sale page, but custom jobs kept on coming and this beauty just sat their crying for me to redo it. We went to Pam’s house a couple of weeks ago to talk about creating a couple different pieces for her home. After seeing her style, this dresser was in my mind as the perfect fit. Pam was a little nervous about the elaborate detailing on the top drawers, but most graciously trusted me and let me go ahead with the plan. For this piece, I used Behr’s Bear Rug brown paint and Benjamin’s Moore’s Azure Water for the front of the drawers.

Here are the before pictures:

If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our post How to Repaint Furniture.

I painted the brown and teal, then distressed the teal, but I felt like the brown in contrast to the teal looked too perfect. So, I distressed the brown and then watered down the Azure Water paint and turned it into a glaze. I’ve never done that technique, but I LOVE how it came out.

It was just what this set needed. I also removed the knobs and replaced them with new knobs from Home Depot. Are you ready for these after pictures??  

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New Life to an Old Chair

Hi All! You’ve probably already seen pictures of this chair on our For Sale page, but we just brought it down to Anchor No. 5 in downtown Troy to be part of their Valentine’s Day window display. I wanted to share with you the before and after pictures because I think you will be impressed with my mom’s amazing work (as always, right??).

Here’s the chair before in all its white and ripped apart glory… or not. Mom found this piece and bought it.

I had the ottoman and thought the legs looked like they were meant to be together.

We wanted to go with a fabric that had the same colors but different patterns to give it a rich, unique look. After many, many hours of love. Here’s the after pictures!

I can’t thank my mom enough for all of her hard work on this piece.

Please stop in at Anchor No. 5 and check it out. Their address is 288 River Street, Troy, NY 12180. Hours: Tuesday-Friday 11:00am to 6:00pm and Saturdays 9:00am to 5:00pm. Tell Petra hi for me when you stop by. :)

Happy Redesigns,
Sarah

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Warm Teal and Aged Wood Desk and Chair Set

Happy Tuesday everyone! This Tuesday’s Treasures is a piece that I would love to keep for myself, if I had room. Thankfully, I own a small house so I can’t fit much more of anything in it. :) I just put it on our Furniture For Sale page so if you are interested- please check that page to see if it’s still available.

I started with this table that I bought over the summer. The man we bought it from said that it was in his family for a long, long time. It was made from two leaves off of an old oak table. They attached it to a different base and his family used it for years. I loved the size of it and thought it would make a perfect kitchen table or desk.

Jessica and Zach reached out to me to see if I would be interested in having this chair and giving it new life. But of course!! I loved the shape, but I didn’t noticed until I was picking a chair to go with this table that the legs match almost perfectly.

I’ve done some research and read online about different finishes for wood and haven’t found anything unique to give it the aged look I wanted. I tried a couple things that didn’t work, but then ended up sanding, distressing with a hammer and different tools that I had laying around. I then lightly sanded it again to smooth out anything that the distressing may have made rough. I did a blend of stain and paint wash and couldn’t be happier with how it came out. It has a beautifully aged color with a hint of aqua on top.

I painted the base with Benjamin Moore’s Azure Water made into chalk paint and distressed it to show the wood through it.

Oh… I’m melting over here. You know my love for aqua by now, right?? You add aqua with some rusticness… yum yum. :)

Remember that red chair, I sanded down the red to find some pretty wood and then I stained it the same way I did the top.

Are you ready for the whole thing together??

If I were you girls, I think I would be asking for this beauty for Valentine’s Day. You won’t love anything more… well maybe you would… maybe not. I’m sticking with not. ;)

Enjoy this week and as always, thanks for letting me live each day doing what I love. Happy redesigns.

Blessings,
Sarah

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1930’s Sideboard Buffet – Tuesday’s Treasures

One of the many ways that we’ve continue to be blessed is by old friends who encouraged us in this adventure called FunCycled. This week’s Tuesday’s Treasures comes with a lot of memories for me. When I was a little kid, the families that went to our church were so close to each other. The Jackson’s were one of those families. My brothers, sister and I spent hours and hours at their house, playing in the woods, feeding their chickens, ice skating on the little pond next to their house. When mom and dad would go away on trips, we would stay there. Mrs. Jackson had three boys so when I would go to stay there, she would try to make everything as “girly” as possible. I remember one stay where she actually put a scarf and hat on the deer head mounted in the room I was staying in. Lol! We still laugh about it to this day.

It was time for this sideboard buffet to be brought back to life so Mr. and Mrs. Jackson asked if we would want it to “funcycle” it. This piece was in their entry way for as long as I can remember. It made me so excited to bring it back to life. Here she is!!

First things first… the mirror was pretty badly damaged so it had to go. I removed it from the back. Both sides of the buffet were severely damaged. John repaired those side using Bondo and lots of sanding.  Then, he sanded the whole piece to give me a nice “toothe” to repaint it.

I used a beautiful medium sage green from Behr and made it into chalk paint. I don’t normally paint the insides of drawers because they usually get scratched anyway and I find that they don’t slide as well. In this case, it was already painted so I did paint the inside yellow and I lined the one silverware drawer with an AMAZING fabric by Amy Butler.

For the glass section, we bought tin from Home Depot that is usually used as a back splash in kitchens. It’s not actual tin, but it looks just like it. I thought the tin was a little too bright so I used glaze to darken it up a bit. Then everything was sealed for extra surface protection. Are you ready for the after picture?

Thanks again to the Jacksons!! Check to see if this piece is still available for purchase on our Furniture For Sale Page. Have a great week and  happy redesigns!!!

-Sarah

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Old Door Turned into a Coat Hanger – Tuesday’s Treasures

Good morning! I had a Tuesday’s Treasures all set for you this morning, but woke up and had to type up another one to share with you. Which means no time for proofing so forgive any of my typos please. ;) This isn’t going to be the best tutorial on how to do this makeover, but I’ll try to take better pictures and explain in more detail the next time I do a project like this.

Also, John loved working on this piece and would like to start offering pieces like this on a regular basis. This particular door is not for sale, but if you would like one similar to it, please use our contact us form for a quote.

Here’s a quick overview for you. I started with this old door:

Note to self, if you want to try a project like this on your own, try to find a door without the paint on it. I probably spend 4-5 hours trying to remove 4 layers of paint. Such a pain! John added crown molding to the top and a base so it could be self standing. It’s important to note that this is an old, solid wood door, so it is really sturdy and easy to add hangers on. Although doable with a newer door, it might require additional support or finagling to make this look work. We painted it a new red by Benjamin Moore called Caliente AF-290 then added a door knob and coat hangers. Here’s how she came out and I’ve got to say… I love her!!!

Here’s a close up of the distressing and knobs we used.

Also, yesterday we posted about our Electric Fuchsia Dresser. Check it out if you missed it.

Make some time to do what you love today!
Sarah

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Electric Fuchsia Dresser

If you’re a fan of FunCycled’s Facebook page, I teased you with a sneak peak of this beautiful Fuchsia dresser that we delivered this weekend. I was going to make you wait until tomorrow for Tuesday’s Treasures, but decided I just couldn’t keep it to myself any longer!!!

This dresser was for our customer, Nancy, who was looking for something small and glorious for her guest bedroom. She found this dresser, I checked it out before she bought it to make sure there wouldn’t be any surprises and then headed home with it. The funny part about this dresser was trying to pick a color. We were trying to match this bedding set that Nancy had already bought. It’s Mariah by Steve Madden.

Steve Madden Mariah King Quilt

I wanted teal at first, but that’s because I love teal. Then Nancy wanted more of a melon color. Even though you can’t see it in this picture, there are little melon colored parts of the design. After we bought the paint, both of us just thought it wasn’t right. I asked Nancy if she would trust me with pink… lol! She’s the best and let me go ahead with a bold, fun fuchsia color. I could NOT be happier with how it turned out.
I forgot to take a before picture so here’s the best that I have, I had slightly sanded it when I remembered that I needed a before picture.

I used Benjamin Moore’s Crushed Cranberries color and made it into my own chalk paint. Hand painted this beauty, then slightly glazed it and waxed it to seal it. I found the knobs at Hobby Lobby and literally gasped out loud in delight. It’s sad that new knobs can make me this happy!
Are you as excited about the after pictures as I am??? I hope so. ;) Here we go!

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FunCycled’s Best of 2012

Putting together a list of the top ten posts this year brings back so many memories. Thank you to all of our customers and blog followers this year.  I can’t believe it’s only been a year since we’ve started all of this and I am so thankful for being given the gift of doing what I love every day. Sometimes I want to pinch myself to make sure this is real. God is a good!

Also, I wanted to say thank you to some special people that were an integral part in the success of FunCycled. A huge thanks to my mom for helping me so much with the kids to give me time to meet with you, paint for you and write away on this blog. Thanks to my amazing brother Jesse for designing this website for me and always challenging me to take risks, be better than the rest and open myself up to the world. Thanks to my dear friend, Jo Ann, who reads all of these posts before I hit “post” to keep me from looking like too much of an idiot. lol Thanks to my “posse” of friends, family and customers-turned-friends who get my texts and always encourage me.

So, here is a this list of best furniture projects in 2012 based on how many people viewed the pages on our website. With no surprise at all, coming in first by far…

1st Place – Vintage Teal Hutch

You can see the story behind it and how we redid it here. A huge thanks to my friend Tiffany for filling your first home with our furniture and being bold enough to order a teal hutch… which I’m completely in love with by the way. :) This hutch was also featured on Domino magazine’s facebook page.

2nd Place – Aqua and Milk Chocolate Desk 

This was actually purchased by one of our fans named Jane. Then another fan from Boston called me and asked if they could buy it from Jane. Now Kevin and Rebecca are the happy owners of this beauty. How funny, right? This desk was also featured on the Better After Blog and a blog in Iceland. Woot Woot!! You can see the story behind this piece here.

See before and after pictures here.

3rd Place – Kelly Green Dresser / Antique Red Dresser Turned Entertainment Center

They shared the same post so they have to share the same place… two in one. Both of these pieces were featured on the Better After Bog. The entertainment center was on the top of my favorites list this year. If you had seen it in person, you would think it was ready for the curb, but bringing it back to life was so much fun. Not to mention, I gained a friend named Nancy who has helped me in so many ways by giving advice and being a listening ear. Thank you Nancy for the business and friendship! Find out the story behind these pieces here.

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4th Place – Oh Baby! Chevron Dresser

This was my favorite chevron dresser of all the chevron pieces this year and I was thrilled to see that you all agreed! Theresa (who bought this dresser) is one sweet lady and baby CJ ;) was born in December. This dresser was waiting for him in the nursery and I’m sure it’s one of the first things he noticed when he came home from the hospital. lol Theresa is definitely a customer turned friend as well. ;) See the story behind this piece here.

5th Place – Ombre Robot Dresser

This dresser was a Christmas gift for my amazing sister Sarah… Yup, we both have the same name. Don’t judge… my parents lack creativity. ;) Just kidding! She came to live with us when she was 4 and is now all grown up. She let me do whatever I wanted as long as it included a robot for her son Calvin’s room. Some ombre, metal gears and the cutest robot on earth. Who could not love that?? This piece was also featured on the Better After blog. See the story behind this piece here.

6th Place – Orange Love Birds Cedar Chest

This surprise Christmas gift for Allie squeaked in  right before the new year, but has already made it to the top 10! Orange birds… um… who can say no to that? Demian was a delight to work with and I’m sure Allie has to be one special lady for her husband to order this from North Carolina for her. Thanks to you both! See her story here.

7th Place – Tree and a Bird Antique White and Black Dresser

I would call this one of our signature pieces… one that we were first known for. I loved this design and doing the first of many hand painted pieces. Many birds and trees later, I’m still loving this and am thrilled it made it’s way into the top 10. See her story here.

8th Place – Elegant Black Dresser

This was one of the first really beautiful pieces that I was able to work on. Before this piece, almost everything had a lot of damage or needed a ton of “love” as I would put it. This went with the bird dresser to the home of Emily and Jason. Another couple that we are happy to call friends. They have been more than kind to us and their home is beautiful… it could be in a magazine for sure! See the how-to on this makeover here.

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9th Place – Yellow Dresser Makeover

I was really surprised to see this piece on the list. Not because I didn’t love it, but because I did it so long ago that I almost forgot about it. You should have seen us trying to carry this beast. Lol! It came out really beautifully and it was our first furniture delivery. See more pictures here.
Before and After pictures:

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10th place – California Poppy Red Hutch

Last but certainly not least.

Since this hutch is still in my dining room, I’m happy to see it made it’s way into your top favorites, too. A huge thanks to my friend Lara for this piece. I love looking at it every day; it makes me want to design furniture for your home that will brighten your day, too. See the story behind this piece here.

After:

Thanks again to everyone for an amazing 2012. Here’s to 2013 with more inspiration, custom pieces for you and new friends along the way.

Sarah

Check out our furniture portfolio page for other pieces that ALMOST made it on this list.

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Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture for customers in upstate NY and ship throughout the US.  Send us a note with with you would like using our contact page. Or buy something that we’ve already designed from our furniture for sale page.